10 Hot Cloud Startups to Watch

Grazed from CIO. Author: Jeff Vance.

When we requested suggestions for cloud startups to evaluate in order to come up with the CIO.com Top 10 list, we received more than 150 nominations. After reviewing the nominations and getting your input, we narrowed the list down to the 10 most promising.

The Top 10 mixes track record with potential. Some startups, such as Aryaka Networks and HyTrust, are more established and have long lists of customers wins. The list also includes more recent startups that are included more for their potential than their current status in the market. Several of these newer companies are helping determine just how the cloud computing market will evolve. They include dinCloud, Nebula and SaaS Markets…

The process for this roundup was a little different than in the past. After the nominees were narrowed down to 25, the list was posted at Startup50 and then we let readers vote. After more than 4,500 votes were cast, we finalized the top 10 list. However, voting was weighted at only 25 percent of the overall score. Equally important were pedigree of the management team, VC funding and just how pressing the pain point is that the startup addresses. Yet, most of the top vote-getters ended up in the final roundup (7 out of 10)…

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